Dater has covered the Colorado Avalanche before they were even called the Avalanche, starting with the team's move from Quebec to Denver in 1995. He has been at The Denver Post overall since Dec. 1991, when earlier in the year he decided to get a life, move out of his parents’ basement in New Hampshire and come out to Denver with a journalism degree from Keene State College.
He has written six books, including the hockey best-seller "Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche; The Inside Story of Pro Sports Best and Nastiest Rivalry of its Era."

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.